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Let’s have a look at a scenario: Ms. Kathaleeya is a seventeen-year-old high school student who was brought to the hospital by her mother. Her mother explains to the emergency room doctor that her daughter fainted at ballet rehearsal. Ms. Kathaleeya’s loss of consciousness was brief, and once she regained consciousness she displayed no signs…

Let’s have a look at a scenario: A thirty-seven-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle accident was brought to the emergency room on a Thursday night. A witness reported that the driver appeared to have misjudged the speed of his car while performing a tight turn onto a narrow street, crashing head on into a…

Let’s have a look at a scenario: Mrs. Loognam, a forty-five-year-old woman, accompanied by her daughter, visits her primary care physician office, complaining of pain and stiffness in both of her hands and wrists. She says to the doctor, “I love to knit. Every year, near the holiday season I knit holiday-themed scarfs for family….

I would like to take this opportunity to say that it has been such an honor for me to share my passion for medicine with everyone. I hope that you have been enjoying hearing about common medical ailments and cheering for the patient in each of the scenarios, and as you read come to know the cause and treatment of each case. I…

Let’s have a look at a scenario: Mr. Manoon is a seventy-four-year-old man, who is accompanied by his son to the office for a visit with his primary care physician, with a chief complaint of a progressive decline in memory. His son informs the primary care doctor that his father, Mr. Manoon, is a retired…